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World English Bible

Psalm 144 (WEBP)

[1] Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who trains my hands to war, and my fingers to battle—
[2] my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me.
[3] Yahweh, what is man, that you care for him? Or the son of man, that you think of him?
[4] Man is like a breath. His days are like a shadow that passes away.
[5] Part your heavens, Yahweh, and come down. Touch the mountains, and they will smoke.
[6] Throw out lightning, and scatter them. Send out your arrows, and rout them.
[7] Stretch out your hand from above, rescue me, and deliver me out of great waters, out of the hands of foreigners,
[8] whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[9] I will sing a new song to you, God. On a ten-stringed lyre, I will sing praises to you.
[10] You are he who gives salvation to kings, who rescues David, his servant, from the deadly sword.
[11] Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hands of foreigners, whose mouths speak deceit, whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[12] Then our sons will be like well-nurtured plants, our daughters like pillars carved to adorn a palace.
[13] Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields.
[14] Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
[15] Happy are the people who are in such a situation. Happy are the people whose God is Yahweh.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 144 (KJVS)

[1] Blessed () be the Lord my strength, Which teacheth () my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
[2] My goodness, and my fortress; My high tower, and my deliverer; () My shield, and he in whom I trust; () Who subdueth () my people under me.
[3] Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge () of him! Or the son of man, that thou makest account () of him!
[4] Man is like () to vanity: His days are as a shadow that passeth away. ()
[5] Bow () thy heavens, O Lord, and come down: () Touch () the mountains, and they shall smoke. ()
[6] Cast forth () lightning, and scatter () them: Shoot out () thine arrows, and destroy () them.
[7] Send () thine hand from above; Rid () me, and deliver () me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children;
[8] Whose mouth speaketh () vanity, And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
[9] I will sing () a new song unto thee, O God: Upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises () unto thee.
[10] It is he that giveth () salvation unto kings: Who delivereth () David his servant from the hurtful sword.
[11] Rid () me, and deliver () me from the hand of strange children, Whose mouth speaketh () vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
[12] That our sons may be as plants grown up () in their youth; That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished () after the similitude of a palace:
[13] That our garners may be full, affording () all manner of store: That our sheep may bring forth thousands () and ten thousands () in our streets:
[14] That our oxen may be strong to labour; () That there be no breaking in, nor going out; () That there be no complaining in our streets.
[15] Happy is that people, that is in such a case: Yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 144:1a Heb. my rock
Psalm 144:1b Heb. to the war, etc.
Psalm 144:2 Or, my mercy
Psalm 144:7 Heb. hands
Psalm 144:10 Or, victory
Psalm 144:12 Heb. cut
Psalm 144:13 Heb. from kind to kind
Psalm 144:14 Heb. able to bear burdens, or loaden with flesh

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 144 (BYZ)

[1] Τῷ () Δαυιδ, () πρὸς () τὸν () Γολιαδ. Εὐλογητὸς () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () μου () ὁ () διδάσκων () τὰς () χεῖράς () μου () εἰς () παράταξιν, τοὺς () δακτύλους () μου () εἰς () πόλεμον· ()
[2] ἔλεός () μου () καὶ () καταφυγή μου, () ἀντιλήμπτωρ μου () καὶ () ῥύστης μου, () ὑπερασπιστής μου, () καὶ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () ἤλπισα, () ὁ () ὑποτάσσων () τὸν () λαόν () μου () ὑπ’ () ἐμέ. ()
[3] Κύριε, () τί () ἐστιν () ἄνθρωπος, () ὅτι () ἐγνώσθης () αὐτῷ, () ἢ () υἱὸς () ἀνθρώπου, () ὅτι () λογίζῃ () αὐτόν; ()
[4] Ἄνθρωπος () ματαιότητι () ὡμοιώθη, () αἱ () ἡμέραι () αὐτοῦ () ὡσεὶ () σκιὰ () παράγουσιν. ()
[5] Κύριε, () κλῖνον () οὐρανούς () σου () καὶ () κατάβηθι, () ἅψαι () τῶν () ὀρέων, () καὶ () καπνισθήσονται·
[6] ἄστραψον () ἀστραπὴν () καὶ () σκορπιεῖς () αὐτούς, () ἐξαπόστειλον () τὰ () βέλη () σου () καὶ () συνταράξεις αὐτούς. ()
[7] Ἐξαπόστειλον () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου () ἐξ () ὕψους, () ἐξελοῦ () με () καὶ () ῥῦσαί () με () ἐξ () ὑδάτων () πολλῶν, () ἐκ () χειρὸς () υἱῶν () ἀλλοτρίων, ()
[8] ὧν () τὸ () στόμα () ἐλάλησεν () ματαιότητα, () καὶ () ἡ () δεξιὰ () αὐτῶν () δεξιὰ () ἀδικίας. ()
[9] Ὁ () θεός, () ᾠδὴν () καινὴν () ᾄσομαί () σοι, () ἐν () ψαλτηρίῳ δεκαχόρδῳ ψαλῶ () σοι ()
[10] τῷ () διδόντι () τὴν () σωτηρίαν () τοῖς () βασιλεῦσιν, () τῷ () λυτρουμένῳ Δαυιδ () τὸν () δοῦλον () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () ῥομφαίας () πονηρᾶς. ()
[11] Ῥῦσαί () με () καὶ () ἐξελοῦ () με () ἐκ () χειρὸς () υἱῶν () ἀλλοτρίων, () ὧν () τὸ () στόμα () ἐλάλησεν () ματαιότητα () καὶ () ἡ () δεξιὰ () αὐτῶν () δεξιὰ () ἀδικίας. ()
[12] Ὧν () οἱ () υἱοὶ () ὡς () νεόφυτα () ἡδρυμμένα ἐν () τῇ () νεότητι () αὐτῶν, () αἱ () θυγατέρες () αὐτῶν () κεκαλλωπισμέναι περικεκοσμημέναι ὡς () ὁμοίωμα () ναοῦ, ()
[13] τὰ () ταμίεια () αὐτῶν () πλήρη () ἐξερευγόμενα ἐκ () τούτου () εἰς () τοῦτο, () τὰ () πρόβατα () αὐτῶν () πολυτόκα πληθύνοντα () ἐν () ταῖς () ἐξόδοις () αὐτῶν, ()
[14] οἱ () βόες () αὐτῶν () παχεῖς, οὐκ () ἔστιν () κατάπτωμα φραγμοῦ () οὐδὲ () διέξοδος () οὐδὲ () κραυγὴ () ἐν () ταῖς () πλατείαις () αὐτῶν, ()
[15] ἐμακάρισαν () τὸν () λαόν, () ᾧ () ταῦτά () ἐστιν· () μακάριος () ὁ () λαός, () οὗ () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()

Psalm 144:1 Originally verse 143:1.
Psalm 144:2 Originally verse 143:2.
Psalm 144:3 Originally verse 143:3.
Psalm 144:4 Originally verse 143:4.
Psalm 144:5 Originally verse 143:5.
Psalm 144:6 Originally verse 143:6.
Psalm 144:7 Originally verse 143:7.
Psalm 144:8 Originally verse 143:8.
Psalm 144:9 Originally verse 143:9.
Psalm 144:10 Originally verse 143:10.
Psalm 144:11 Originally verse 143:11.
Psalm 144:12 Originally verse 143:12.
Psalm 144:13 Originally verse 143:13.
Psalm 144:14 Originally verse 143:14.
Psalm 144:15 Originally verse 143:15.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.